From greyhound racing to free-range chickens and concerns over the live animal trade, public opinion in Australia supports increased animal welfare measures. So why isn’t that translating into policy decisions? Read more

In almost all media reporting on the greyhound racing ban in NSW, and social media for that matter, the discussion quickly drifts away from the horrific treatment of greyhounds to almost any other issue. Read more

Twice, I have joined Toronto Pig Save, holding out my water bottle and crooning through tears the mantra that encapsulates our mission as well as our despair: "We see you. We're trying. We're sorry. We love you." Read more

Shrinking sea ice and warming ocean water is moving fish farther north, and fishing vessels are coming with them. These are big trawling ships, and in other regions trawl-fishing has harmed -- in some cases ruined -- vast areas of seafloor. Read more

The conditions on Australia's live export ships are appalling and cruel, and the Department of Agriculture has done nothing, writes Dr Lynn Simpson, a veterinarian on live export ships who was removed from her post for exposing horrific conditions.
Should we trust Australia’s Department of Agriculture to regulate live export? Read more

Who are we? We tell ourselves we are compassionate. We've rules for determining how long anyone can be in prison, rules prohibiting cruelty to animals. We even begin parliamentary sittings with the Lord's Prayer: "Forgive us our trespasses ... deliver us from evil". Yet we send people and animals to torture and death overseas with scarcely a second thought. Read more

Recent revelations about the sledgehammering to death of what seem to be Australian cattle in Vietnam provide further evidence of the government’s inability to control how exported livestock are slaughtered overseas. Read more